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and medicines used; use of health services; acute diseases and events treated with drugs; use of contraceptives; use of pharmacy services; behaviors that may afect drug use;

Of all the medicines reported for use in high blood pressure, group 1 (medicines deinitely used to treat high blood pressure) corresponded to 90.5%, group 2 (drugs associated with

The Secretariat of Science, Technology and Strategic Inputs of the Brazilian Ministry of Health commissioned from research institutions of different Brazilian state

he highest prevalence of low adherence was associated with individuals: young adults; no education; resident in the Northeast and Midwest Regions of Brazil; paying part of

OBJECTIVE: To analyze variations in the prevalence of chronic use of medicines by older adults in Brazil according to its possible association with the most prevalent chronic

he sources for obtaining the generic medicines (pharmacy of SUS – public network, private pharmacy, pharmacy from the Farmácia Popular program [Popular Pharmacy Program], and

he PNAUM survey was the irst national study in Brazil that was speciically designed to evaluate medicines use in the ive geographic regions of Brazil, which resulted in detailed

his fact could also explain the positive association between the practice of self-medication with the various regions in Brazil and among individuals with chronic diseases